The Energy Department Hails a Breakthrough in Fusion Energy, Achieving a Net Energy Gain With Livermore’s Vast Laser Array The project’s director said the lab is “a few decades of research” away from a commercial power plant. Climate scientists, meanwhile, expressed interest but said the breakthrough must not deter the world’s ongoing quest to counter global warming. By Marianne Lavelle
Nuclear Fusion: Why the Race to Harness the Power of the Sun Just Sped Up By Tom Wilson in Oxford and Ian Bott in London, Financial Times